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Children and young people sit cross-legged and kneel on a bare polished hall floor scattered with newspaper sheets, cardboard pieces, white cotton pads and small paper cups. A girl in the foreground wears a cream top with a red-and-blue skirt and a rudraksha mala, working on a cardboard piece. Beside her, a girl in a red floral skirt and cream top works on a cardboard base. Others wear an orange shawl over white, a blue floral dress, an orange and teal saree and a pink top, and a pink-headbanded girl leans forward on the floor. Shelves of folded mats stand at the upper left and a small lit altar niche sits behind them, with a dark signboard on the wall.

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A photograph of children and young women seated on a concrete floor, working on craft projects amid scattered newspaper pages. Brown cardboard sheets are laid out, some decorated with rice grains and paper strips. A girl in a white top and red skirt with blue trim works at left, a young woman in an orange and pink sari sits at upper right, and a young woman in a patterned salwar kameez works at lower right. Boys in white shirts sit in the foreground, one gluing or threading strips on cardboard. No a person candidate is visible.2008-05-15A large hall with a polished concrete floor where thirty or more children sit and kneel on newspapers, making craft pieces on cardboard backing. Many are gluing small grains, seeds or beads and arranging them into patterns. Several girls wear orange and salmon salwar kameez, and a boy in a dark shirt works in the center. A standing adult in white clothes, with a clipboard, supervises the room. Stacks of newspaper and loose craft pieces cover the floor, and white plastic chairs and a red-draped table are visible at the back.2008-05-15A photograph of children and young women seated cross-legged on a bare concrete floor, working on craft projects with newspaper, cardboard sheets, paper strips, scissors and small white pieces of material scattered around them. The woman at left wears a cream top, red-and-blue skirt and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, and holds a thin stick. A girl in a red floral dress with a white pinafore sits centre-left, concentrating on her work. A young woman in an orange and pink sari reads a newspaper spread on the floor at right. Other children in orange, teal and white clothing work in the background, and a boy in white sits in the foreground.2008-05-15A photograph of children seated cross-legged on a bare floor covered with newspaper, making craft collages on brown cardboard squares. In the foreground a boy in a white shirt and blue trousers gestures with his hand while others work nearby: a boy in an orange shirt with a name badge arranges rice grains, a girl in a mustard top and cream trousers presses materials down, and a girl in a red top and black skirt works beside a girl in a white top with blue paisley-patterned skirt. The cardboard boards hold scattered rice, sticks, beads and cut-out pictures. A white cup sits on the newspaper. Several other children are partly visible at the edges.2008-05-15A photograph of children seated on the floor of a large hall on striped woven mats in red, blue, green and yellow. Around twenty children in yellow, red, orange and pink clothing sit in rows, several holding folded newspapers and printed sheets. A woman in an orange sari sits at the left edge, and a woman in white and yellow stands near a small shrine with a deity murti at the top left. Stacks of white plastic chairs line the back wall, and scaffolding is visible at the right. Scattered papers lie on the floor.2008-05-14Indoor hall with a bare concrete floor where many children and several adults sit on the floor crafting with newspaper and cardboard. Sheets of printed newspaper and flat brown cardboard boards are spread across the ground, with small piles of white paste or rice-like material and scattered colourful cutouts. A boy in an orange shirt leans over a board in the foreground, a girl in a pink patterned top and red skirt with a name badge kneels nearby, and a woman in a white sari with a yellow border works beside children. Stacked white plastic chairs line the back wall under hanging banners, and a few adults in white and saffron-coloured clothing move about the room.2008-05-15Children sit on the floor of a hall working on craft projects on cardboard sheets, with newspaper and scattered white paper scraps around them. Five children are visible: a girl in a teal top and lavender pants on the left, a girl in a patterned top and black trousers behind her, a girl in a white floral dress with a beaded necklace in the center-right, a child in a peach top and orange skirt on the right, and a boy in a white t-shirt in the foreground. Small craft models are being assembled on cardboard bases. A striped woven mat covers the floor behind them.2008-05-15Overhead view of a large hall where many children sit cross-legged on blue tarpaulins, working on flat white sheets and trays with small items in front of them. Many wear orange, yellow, white, pink and checked clothing, with long braids common among the girls. Standing among them near the back are adults in white clothes and a man in an orange shawl. A green bucket sits on the right edge, and a shrine with a framed picture and lit lamps is visible at the top of the hall. The children appear to number roughly one to two hundred.2006-05-05Children and young adults sit cross-legged on a bare concrete floor in a hall, working on craft projects made from newspaper and cardboard. Many use paper pieces and glue or thread while scattered newspapers, brown cardboard sheets and loose paper cover the floor. An adult in a pink shirt kneels at left, a young man in white shirt works at lower right, and a girl in braids sits in the foreground. Several women in orange and blue saris sit at the back, and a standing person in white clothing stands near the top. Wooden lattice windows and white plastic chairs stand along the back wall.2008-05-15A photograph of a large indoor hall with a concrete floor where many children sit cross-legged in rows, most wearing school-style clothing in yellow, green, pink, white and orange. Some children hold small white cloth bags or papers on the floor. A woman in white stands among them near the centre, and a row of adults seated along the back wall in orange, saffron and white clothing watch the session. Stacked white plastic chairs line the far wall beneath a wooden door and a metal frame, and a faint logo sits in the upper left corner.2008-05-13A photograph of a large group of children and young people seated cross-legged on blue mats in a hall, crafting small clay or mud objects. In the foreground a young woman in a grey top and checked skirt and a woman in a yellow kurta shape brown clay between their hands; a pink plastic bucket of water and a green cup sit on the white cloth. Girls in pastel and bright dresses, a child in purple, and others in yellow, green and red surround them, with brown clay pieces scattered across the mats.2006-05-05A photograph of a group of girls and young women sitting cross-legged on blue mats in a dimly lit hall, seen from behind and above. They are working on a white cloth or sheet on the floor, handling small brown pieces, possibly seeds or clay. Clothing includes a yellow and white checked dress with orange shawl, a red top, a white outfit, a blue and pink sari, a green skirt with white top, and a floral blouse. Some have long braids. A green bucket sits at the right edge. The setting appears to be a children's residential program with group craft activity; no a person is visibly present.2006-05-05